Chapter 1. Starting a Git Repository
This chapter covers the basics needed to understand the topics discussed in this book, and of course, to improve your skills in Git. Commands in this chapter are used every day by all Git users. Some of them will not be explained in detail; they will be explained in another chapter.
In this chapter, you will learn about:
- Initializing a repository
- Cloning an existing repository
- Adding and committing files
- Pushing commits on remote repositories
Configuring Git
Before you start working on Git, you have to configure your name and e-mail by using the following commands:
Erik@local:~$git config --global user.name "Erik" Erik@local:~$git config --global user.email erik@domain.com
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